Yeah, Bee, the interior hall is about 100 feet long and 8 feet wide with a 17X12 lobby T-ing off it to the front door... The checks will be 12 inches by 12 inches with the lighter color going dwon first and the dark being painted last...
I'm kinda intrigues with that 2-part stuff that GfS has mentioned, especially if it is thick... It would take too many hours to fill all the hole with a wood putty... There used to be a product called mono-poxy which was 2 part that was used for doing seemless floors in offices, pool houses, etc but I haven't heard about it in years... I used it to paint block house once and it peeled in 2 years but that was outside???
I'll keep at it... I'm a firm believer that it's better to use good material once than heving to redo a job...
Oh, I called up Obama and he said that he ain't a paint kinda guy... Figures...